Empire of Passion
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1978
1h 45m
R
Japanese
Drama, Romance, Horror
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In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
Empire of Passion
R
Movie
1978
1h 45m
Japanese
Drama, Romance, Horror
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
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Cast
Gisaburo
Seki
Toyoji
Inspector Hotta
Young Master's Mother
Toichiro
Young Master
Odame
Oshin
Dancer
Kurazo
Orator
Directed By: Nagisa Ōshima
Written By: Nagisa Ōshima, Itoko Nakamura (Screenplay)
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talisencrw
7 years ago
I am a great fan of Ôshima's work, though unfortunately I have only seen previously six films of his, all between 1965's 'Pleasures of the Flesh' and 1976's extremely controversial 'In the Realm of the Senses'. This, like the latter, was a period piece that looked at a doomed relationship (this tim More
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